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Melvin (Mel) Theobald
Jim, inspitational as your creation is, you are a little late to the game. That's already been done, therefore making you a 'copycat' artist. It would be much more impressive if you had duplicated the Sistine Chapel ceiling. But I've got to hand it you, your attention to detail is exquisite.
Seriously, Maurizio Cattelan, the artist, is known to be both humorous and satirical. The banana piece, titled "Comedian", follows a century-old tradition of Dadaism that explores the conceptual boundaries of art rather than the traditional aesthetics of beauty, narrative and visionary expression. To understand better, take a look at Marcel Duchamp. The duct-taped banana has done exactly what it intended: set the artworld ablaze with questions about what art itself is.
Although I am of the old camp that still relishes such things as paintings, I am intriqued by the impact NFTs (non-fungilbe tokens), the digital world, and now AI (artificial intelligence) are having on how art will be collected in the future. For $6.2 million, I might be willing to change my mind.
I hope this helps you find a buyer.
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